90 vs 110 for a family of 3

Colthebrummie said:

no windows makes it a van.

Col

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Hard Top.

jimmy23 said:

Cheers for suggestions everyone, I think 110 with proper seats in the back is the best way forward.

What is the right defender term for that type btw? station wagon?

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All Defender terms come from Series, the real Land Rovers.

Windows and seats in the back, Station Wagon. Solid metal back, Hard Top. Canvas Roof, errr, Canvas Roof!

And many Series were originally sold with Truck Cabs, a little cab covering the 3 seats in the front, and an open back.
I don't recall seeing Defenders with those, although they may exist.

Hello and welcome

The turning circle on a 110 is honking. Make sure your station wagon is a station wagon and not a hatchet job. Read the VIN and learn where they are. I bought my defender 110 csw whilsts 4 pints deep off EBay about 7 years ago and got lucky with matching number truck. Only now is it in deep maintenance, but as others say 200.000 miles in we are talking outriggers, turbo rebuild, timing belt, water pump, steering pump, bulkhead repairs, new doors x4, C pillars and, and, and

…oh and following all that work it will start falling to pieces around the solid bit still love it for some reason, prolly cos you can bang it, knock it, get it muddy, ram stuff without concern

There is no doubt about it, an old style landy has lots of road presence and the bigger it is, the more presence it has.

Col

jimmy23 said:

Discovery vs Defender is actually something I've been arguing myself all this time tbh, as you said defender is 'cool' but then again I will be ever worrying about it's security plus it's costly so I was wondering why not buy a cheep disco and mod it up. But I hear they too suffer from rust issues badly?

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Some very good points made i think regardless of what model you get it will have a rust problem at some point. I got my disco 2 as a workhorse and it was cheap so i dont feel bad when it gets bounced off things (already has!)